Mr. Goode introduced
the following joint resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Judiciary

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States relating to the process by which the House of
Representatives selects the President in the event no candidate receives a
majority of electoral votes.

That the following article is
proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall
be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified
by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years
after the date of its submission for ratification:

—1.

Whenever the right to choose the President
devolves upon the House of Representatives, the Members of the House shall cast
votes on an individual basis, and the candidate receiving votes cast by a
majority of the Members of the House shall be the President.

2.

For purposes of a meeting of the House to
cast votes under section 1, two-thirds of the Members of the House shall
constitute a
quorum.